Sweat-band protector.



J. MARTIN.

SWEAT BAND PROTECTOR. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. I8. 1914.

Patented Deo. 14, 1915.

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4JOSEPH MARTIN, or BROOKLYN, New YORK.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. iid, i915.

Application led September 18, 1914. Serial No. 862,360.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, JOSEPH MARTIN, a citi- Zenof the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings andState of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements inSweat-Band Protectors, of which the following is a specification.

The general object of this invention is to provide a means forpreventing the soiling of the sweat band of a hat by the action of theperspiration when the hat is in use. And to this end the inventionconsists in providing a protector which may be readily attached anddetached to a sweat band, and in forming the protector so as to providea pocket in which is arranged a band of material for stiffening theprotector and a band of material capable of absorbing perspiration.

Other objects will appear and be better understood from that embodimentOf my invention of which the following is a speciication7 referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, in which zY Figure l is a vertical sectional view of a hat illustrating the use ofmy improved protector. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail view of a portion ofa hat showing more clearly the construction of the protector and themeans for securing the same to the sweat band, and Fig. 3 is a detailperspective view of the protector with parts broken away for the sake ofclearness.

Referring to the drawings in detail, l indicates a hat, 2 the sweat bandthereof and 3 my improved interchangeable protector which is detachablysecured to the -sweat band at the upper edge thereof by any suitablemeans such as by the spring clips 4:.

In the construction of the protector I employ a single thin strip ofporous fabric and fold the same longitudinally upon itself along itsside edges as at 5 and 6 and at its end edges 7 and 8 so as to providethe overlapping tongues whereby to form a closed pocket, in the shape ofa hollow strip or band 9. p

The hollow strip or band is preferably of the width of the hat band andin order to stiften the same so that the protector may be readily heldin position when secured to a hat band, I arrange within the pocket astiifening strip o r band of material l0, This band is preferably formedof iieXible celluloid or like material and is of substantially the samewidth as that of the protector so that the protector may readily adaptitself to the curvature of the hat.

Arranged within the pocket and interposed between the outer face thereofand the stiffening band is a layer of material 11, capable of absorbingperspiration. This material is preferably formed of a strip of blottingpaper or similar substance and is of a width equal to about two thirdsof that of the stiffening band. This strip of absorbing material isarranged within the lower end of the pocket at a position where it maybe effectively utilized for absorbing the perspiration from the head ofa person wearing a hat to which my protector has been attached.

In attaching the device to a hat the side on which the overlappingtongues are located is usually arranged against the outer face of thesweat band and a number of small spring clips are utilized for securingthe protector to the sweat band" along the upper or free edge thereof.

The protector may be made in any length desired but it is my intentionto make them about one half the circumference of a hat so that two ofthem may be secured to a hat, one around the front and the other aroundthe back half thereof. The protectors may be readily replaced when wornand it is also obvious that should either the strengthening strip7 orthe strip for absorbing the perspiration be desired to be replaced it isnecessary only to open the pocket by turning back the overlappingtongues and replace the strip desired after which the pocket may beagain reformed.

What I claim as new is:

l. A sweat band protector for hats, comprising a strip of thin porousfabric folded so as to provide a pocket, a stiifening band ofnon-absorbent material inserted in said pocket and a layer of materialcapable of absorbing perspiration interposed between the outer face ofthe pocket and the stiifening band.

2. A detachable sweat band protector for hats, comprising a strip ofthin porous fabric folded at its side and ends so as to provide apocket, a stiifening band inside said pocket, Ya layer of materia-lcapable of absorbing perspiration inside of said pocket In testimonywhereof I, nfix my signature and interposed between the outer face ofthe in presence of two witnesses. pocket and the stiening band andspring l JOSEPH MARTIN. clips adapted to engage'the upper edges ofyVitnesses:

5 the protector and sweat band to secure the WM. E. PALMER, samedetachably together. GEO. A. BYRNE.

Copies of `this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents.

' Washington, D. C.

